hood-wink

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HOOD'-WINK, verb transitive [hood and wink.] To blind by covering the eyes. We will blind and hood-wink him. 1. To cover; to hide. For the prize I'll bring thee to, Shall hood-wink this mischance. 2. To deceive by external appearances of disguise; to impose on. HOOD'-WINKED, participle passive Blinded; deceived. HOOD'-WINKING, participle present tense Blinding the eyes; covering; hiding; deceiving.
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